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Gyavurghala Castle

NKR / Kashatagh / Msheni

Description

West of Msheni, at the left bank slope of the Hochants there is an ancient cyclopic fortress, which obviously continued to serve in the Middle Ages, too. There is an opinion that this should be the fortress of Khozhoraberd mentioned by St. Orbelian. The local Kurds called this fortress Gavurkala (The Faithless’ i.e. the Christians’ Fortress).

Armen Karagyozian, On Localization of the Kashatagh District, "Lraber", 1987, N 1, p. 44.
"Azerbaijanian Soviet Encyclopaedia", vol. VII, Baku, 1983, p. 14 (in Azerb.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 155.